The breakup of a special education
cooperative will mean changes at the Eastern Pulaski Community School
Corporation. Superintendent Dan Foster reviewed the dissolution of
the Logansport Area Joint Special Services Cooperative during last
week’s school board meeting.

The Eastern Pulaski Community School
Corporation is getting a few accessories to go along with the
newly-purchased Chromebooks. Last week, the school board approved the
purchase of 1,000 Chromebook bags from CDW-G, at a total cost of more
than $29,000.

Eastern Pulaski school officials hope
to select a new high school principal within the next couple months.
Rick DeFries is stepping down at the end of the school year to take
over as principal at Covenant Christian High School in DeMotte.

Some of the bills making their way through the Indiana General Assembly are drawing concerns from Eastern Pulaski School Superintendent Dan Foster.

During his legislative update to the school board Monday, Foster said the state’s proposed budget would increase what the school corporation gets for each student, but not enough to keep up with costs.

The Eastern Pulaski Community School
Corporation has decided to go with a different manufacturer for this
year’s round of bus purchases. The school board Monday approved the
purchase of three 78-passenger Bluebird buses, for a total cost of
about $276,000.

Non-certified staff at the Eastern Pulaski School
Corporation will be paid for a mandatory shut down day of the corporation due
to extremely cold temperatures on Jan. 30, as explained by Superintendent Dan
Foster.

Tim Rausch, Aaron Campbell, and Joe Cunningham take the oath of office.

The Eastern Pulaski School Board
welcomed a new member last week. Aaron Campbell took the oath of
office at the start of last week’s meeting, along with
recently-reelected members Joe Cunningham and Tim Rausch.

The first day of school for Eastern
Pulaski students will be a bit later the next two years. Under the
2019-2020
school calendar approved by the school board Monday, students’
first day of class will be Wednesday, August 14, while the last day
will be Friday, May 29.

Winamac Middle/High School officials continue to rethink the traditional school library. The Eastern Pulaski School Board got an update last week from Media Center Director Karen Butler. For the past three years, she’s led the high school’s Warrior Academy program and added the media center into her list of responsibilities a few months ago.

The Eastern Pulaski Community School Corporation is making the final preparations for the 2019 budget year. Last week, the school board officially readopted the 2019 Operations Fund budget, after Superintendent Dan Foster said an error was found in the fund’s adopted tax levy.

For the second time in just over a month, the Eastern Pulaski School Board has hired a new assistant treasurer. Stefanie Grandstaff was appointed to the position Monday, after Tonja Good resigned last month just a few days after she was officially hired.

The Eastern Pulaski Community School Corporation now has a strategic plan, but how some of its suggestions will be paid for remains to be seen. The five-year plan was approved by the school board Monday, after hearing a presentation over it the month before.